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Hindu vs Churel - What's the difference?

hindu | churel |

As nouns the difference between hindu and churel

is that hindu is hindu, hindustani while churel is in hindu folklore, the ghost of a low-chaste woman who died during childbirth or menstruation.

As an adjective hindu

is hindu, hindustani.

hindu

English

(wikipedia Hindu)

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, or relating to Hinduism, or to Hindus and their culture.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An origin of many religions including Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person adhering to the Hindu religion (Hinduism).
  • (dated) Any native inhabitant of Hindustan, especially one of the Dravidian or Aryan races.

    • Hypernyms

    * religionist

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    churel

    English

    Noun

    (s)
  • In Hindu folklore, the ghost of a low-chaste woman who died during childbirth or menstruation
  • * 1895 , , North Indian Notes and Queries , page 39:
    • As a churel she now prowls about the neighbourhood with her child in her arms.
  • * 1953 , , Volume 29, page 410:
    • He talked in whispers, and with the utmost respect, of the churel that might be listening overhead.